tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post4410806376798549699..comments2023-04-23T21:12:50.223-05:00Comments on Chad W Smith's Home online: Apple is becoming the de facto standard Laptop SupplierChadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11483351385702092451noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post-12964104550384788692007-08-22T14:24:00.000-05:002007-08-22T14:24:00.000-05:00The Mac Mini doesn't have a built-in monitor, and ...The Mac Mini doesn't have a built-in monitor, and it's not too expensive ($599 to start). Their best deals are with Laptops, though. Of course, I only use my laptop. I don't have any need for a desktop.<BR/><BR/>It would be nice if they came out with a "Mac" - not iMac, not Mac Pro, not Mac Mini. Something with a mid-sized tower, but not $2000 + to start. It would also be nice if they dropped the Mac Mini price, too.At $600 for a keyboardless, monitorless, mouseless box made with laptop parts - it's hard to explain why you wouldn't drop the extra $500 for a laptop with better specs - (MacBook).Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11483351385702092451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17238356.post-10067189379160793262007-08-22T12:47:00.000-05:002007-08-22T12:47:00.000-05:00I just bought a macbook for my wife - the price of...I just bought a macbook for my wife - the price of hardware (when you compare identical hardware) is close the the same as it is for a Win based laptop and I don't have to deal with Vista. Woohoo. It would be nice if they had desktops (ones without integrated monitors so I can use my own) at a decent non Xeon processor price. Right now I am using DreamLinux with xfce as my primary desktop.bernickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14443666152773653313noreply@blogger.com